Resources

Finding the information you need about climate change and health can be daunting – there’s just so much of it available. On this Resources page, we have tried to collect, curate, and categorize resources that cover a wide array of topics related to climate change and health. We have prioritized resources that are not in the peer-reviewed literature, but that offer credible information. Only relatively recent resources are included (post-2010), except for those that offer an excellent review of an issue, or are in some way seminal.

We welcome suggestions for additions to the Resources page. Only resources that have a date will be considered for inclusion. Please send your suggestions to info@climatehealthconnect.org.

Resource Finder

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Phrase-based Searches (multiple words in quotation marks):

Searching for phrases is not supported. To be retrieved quickly, keyword search data is tokenized. The search index does not keep track of the order in which tokens are arranged, so it is not able to perform phrase-based searches like Google.

Punctuation and Special Characters:

Keyword search ignores punctuation and special characters.

Boolean Search – AND/OR Logic:

Keyword search is designed to have results with the most matches display first. Keyword search may take multiple passes at the resources data. The first pass is an AND logic pass which checks for results that have all search terms present. If results are returned from that first pass, they are displayed. If no results are found, keyword search will fall back to an OR logic pass which will find results with any search terms present. Because keyword search uses both forms of logic, AND/OR boolean operators are ignored.

Boolean Search – Excluding Keywords:

One or more terms can be excluded from keyword search by prefixing the term(s) with a minus symbol. There must be no space between the minus symbol and the search term. For example, the search query “climate -temperature -heat” will include only entries with “climate” and without “temperature” and “heat”.

“Fuzzy” search / Word Stems:

Using “fuzzy” logic, keyword search may return terms that are close in spelling to selected keywords. Keyword search terms are also checked for a suffix (e.g. “ing”, “ed”). Where a suffix is found, the base of the word is determined and used for search.

Term Highlighting:

Exact keyword matches will be highlighted. Similar terms found through fuzzy logic and keywords with the same word stem will not be highlighted.

Filter by Author

Phrase-based Searches (multiple words in quotation marks):

Searching for phrases is not supported. To be retrieved quickly, keyword search data is tokenized. The search index does not keep track of the order in which tokens are arranged, so it is not able to perform phrase-based searches like Google.

Punctuation and Special Characters:

Keyword search ignores punctuation and special characters.

Boolean Search – AND/OR Logic:

Keyword search is designed to have results with the most matches display first. Keyword search may take multiple passes at the resources data. The first pass is an AND logic pass which checks for results that have all search terms present. If results are returned from that first pass, they are displayed. If no results are found, keyword search will fall back to an OR logic pass which will find results with any search terms present. Because keyword search uses both forms of logic, AND/OR boolean operators are ignored.

Boolean Search – Excluding Keywords:

One or more terms can be excluded from keyword search by prefixing the term(s) with a minus symbol. There must be no space between the minus symbol and the search term. For example, the search query “climate -temperature -heat” will include only entries with “climate” and without “temperature” and “heat”.

“Fuzzy” search / Word Stems:

Using “fuzzy” logic, keyword search may return terms that are close in spelling to selected keywords. Keyword search terms are also checked for a suffix (e.g. “ing”, “ed”). Where a suffix is found, the base of the word is determined and used for search.

Term Highlighting:

Exact keyword matches will be highlighted. Similar terms found through fuzzy logic and keywords with the same word stem will not be highlighted.

Filter by Category

Phrase-based Searches (multiple words in quotation marks):

Searching for phrases is not supported. To be retrieved quickly, keyword search data is tokenized. The search index does not keep track of the order in which tokens are arranged, so it is not able to perform phrase-based searches like Google.

Punctuation and Special Characters:

Keyword search ignores punctuation and special characters.

Boolean Search – AND/OR Logic:

Keyword search is designed to have results with the most matches display first. Keyword search may take multiple passes at the resources data. The first pass is an AND logic pass which checks for results that have all search terms present. If results are returned from that first pass, they are displayed. If no results are found, keyword search will fall back to an OR logic pass which will find results with any search terms present. Because keyword search uses both forms of logic, AND/OR boolean operators are ignored.

Boolean Search – Excluding Keywords:

One or more terms can be excluded from keyword search by prefixing the term(s) with a minus symbol. There must be no space between the minus symbol and the search term. For example, the search query “climate -temperature -heat” will include only entries with “climate” and without “temperature” and “heat”.

“Fuzzy” search / Word Stems:

Using “fuzzy” logic, keyword search may return terms that are close in spelling to selected keywords. Keyword search terms are also checked for a suffix (e.g. “ing”, “ed”). Where a suffix is found, the base of the word is determined and used for search.

Term Highlighting:

Exact keyword matches will be highlighted. Similar terms found through fuzzy logic and keywords with the same word stem will not be highlighted.